Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 164
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[-] to [-] the Lakers led by [-] points into the second half of the first quarter.

After halftime, Billups signaled Tianzun to come out for a pick-and-roll. Kidd decisively switched defenses with Kwame. Billups saw that he was defending a big man, and was about to use his footsteps to sway the opponent into the inside and cause damage. Obviously he ignored it. One point, that's why Kidd switched defenses so reassuringly.If it is said that Kwame and ordinary guards are still scumbags in the offensive ability of holding the ball on the outside, but the defensive skills on the outside are already above the league level under the relentless manipulation of Kobe and Finley!Coupled with Kwame's strong physical fitness, it is more than enough to deal with Billups. Billups' offensive ability is not top-notch. He is a team player. His strongest point is to make his teammates stronger, not In his own offense, facing Kwame's huge body and super fast speed, Billups couldn't break through at all, and the forceful breakthrough he was proud of had no effect.

The ball is a bit sticky, Billups has held the ball for too long, and there is not much left in the [-]-second attack time, Billups thought to himself, he made two three-pointers, one hit and the other missed, that is to say, he His three-point shooting percentage is as high as [-]%.This is the logic of Billups, and then chooses to shoot decisively.

"Crack", the moment the ball was released, Billups felt that the ball flew out and was sent back to his hand, and the huge force it brought directly overturned him!
"Damn! Treat me as a display! Fuck me?" Kwame's defense made the opponent have nowhere to break through, and then he watched the opponent murmur for a few seconds, and then suddenly shot in front of his face. Although Kwame didn't know What kind of situation is this, but the block was sent decisively, and the opponent's cap was knocked to the ground at once, and Kwame picked up the ball.Fight back!
The generals of the Pistons never thought that Billups would choose such an opportunity to make a shot, let alone that Billups would be blocked so simply.Not to mention teammates, even Billups himself didn't expect that he would be blocked like this. After thinking about it, he forgot that it was Kwame, not Kidd, who was defending him!
Playing a dragon, a dragon, Kwame dribbled the ball to the frontcourt alone, and none of the Pistons returned to defense, nor did they have the intention to return to defense.Seeing this situation, Kwame smashed the ball to the backboard, then took off, the ball bounced back, Kwame pressed the ball back into the basket, and completed a self-throw and dunk!It's a pity that no one is defending, and the effect is not particularly exciting.

But the fans think this is already very handsome, [-] to [-] points lead!Larry Brown called a timeout again, and he was very angry.In the playoffs, the opponents of the Pistons usually scored [-] points in the second quarter. How could they not be annoyed?

The Lakers enjoyed the cheers of the fans and returned to the bench.Kwame undoubtedly enjoyed the loudest cheers, scoring [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] blocks on [-] of [-] shots.So far the Lakers are shooting [-] of [-] from the field.Although the Pistons made no mistakes, the slow-paced offense and defense brought them [-]-for-[-] from the field and allowed them to score only [-] points.The method of suppressing the opponent's mistakes by lowering the rhythm did not work on the Lakers. The Lakers' point guard is Kidd!Larry Brown's team has always lost more than Kidd's team, because Kidd's control ability is too good. If there is a one-on-one chance at these two points, the ball will definitely be sent to the person with the best chance.

With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, both sides made personnel adjustments. Larry Brown replaced Darko Milicic, the No. [-] pick in the Golden Generation, with former No. [-] power forward Antonio McDyess on the field.Let the Twin Towers rest and replace Billups with Lindes Hunter. Larry Brown thinks that Billups needs to reflect on the bench and gives Hunter a chance to play in the finals.Hamilton and Prince remained on the field.

The Lakers replaced all of them except Kidd, "Jason stays on the court, Michael, Reggie, Lamar, John, you go on the court." The names of the four came out of Rudy's mouth, "You continue after the shopping mall style of play."

"What about me? What about me?" Humphries was in a hurry. Even the Wannian old substitute played, but he had no chance to play.

"It's not time for you to play yet, just wait and call you when the time comes." Rudy said lightly.

Hearing this, Humphries finally breathed a sigh of relief. Rudy said that he would definitely get the chance to play. Humphries didn't expect much playing time, but just wanted to play in the first finals he experienced.

Rudy didn't say anything after seeing that Humphries had no objection.

"Shit, the game time should be halved, so we can only play the main players." Larry Brown looked at the opponent's second team and cursed.The Lakers' second team is not inferior to the starting lineup in terms of starlight. The Big Three plus Odom, these people were the bosses of one party last season, and they are the box office guarantees of their respective teams.

The firepower of the second team of the Lakers has not diminished at all. Although it is not as good as the first half, it is still playing well. Odom and Kidd are very sharp in the pick-and-roll. Only the Lakers have Odom. The Pistons have never encountered such a combination before, but the relative defense of this lineup is much worse, and the offense of the Pistons has gradually improved. Of course, the Lakers have always taken the initiative until halfway through the second quarter. [-] points, the Pistons scored [-] points, and the Lakers still lead by [-] points.

Larry Brown couldn't hold his breath anymore. He stood up and called a timeout, and kept drawing with the tactical board. This was the offensive tactic he had just discussed with his assistant coach Kufus, and it was actually the tactic arranged by the assistant coach.Kufus is the assistant coach he brought from Philadelphia and has been with him all the time. In [-], the [-]ers boldly put Iverson, a short man with only six feet, on the shooting guard. This move can be described as quite risky. It is certain that everyone on the other side will grab the point of being the main shooting guard. After all, the height of the shooting guards of other teams is too dominant.

But the results proved that Kufus's move was correct. In [-], the [-]ers had a good harvest. Iverson's scoring guard's efficiency skyrocketed, but his assists did not decrease, and he did not blow up every game. Instead, he set a career record in steals. He also entered the top five of the best defensive player rankings for the first time, and the excellent defense against the inside gave Mutombo a second spring and helped Mutombo get the best defensive player.

Larry Brown replaced all the starting five Tigers, Rudy also made adjustments here, Odom topped the small forward position, Kobe and Finley partnered at the back line, Kobe played point guard, Humphries and Kwame Partnering inside, Humphries went to the inside to have a close contact with Big Ben.

"Chris, it's not always possible to play against the best defensive team. Come on." Kobe also had a little humor today.

"I suddenly don't want to play now." Humphries said with a mournful face, probably playing the role of soy sauce and meat shield tonight.

"That's right, I'm covered in bruises all over my body now, and the guy on the other side has muscle bumps all over his body." Thomas also complained, "If you don't want to go, I can replace you!" Well, it can be seen that although Thomas Complaining but still passionate.

"Dream you." Humphries gave Thomas a white look, and moved his body to get ready to go on stage.

"Kobe, pass the ball to Kwame more. If Kwame is double-teamed, you can pass the ball to Lamar. Lamar can do the rest." Rudy's tactics are so simple.

"Kenny, look at the strange lineup the Lakers have put together. The shortest one is six feet six inches, but the tallest is only six feet ten inches. Is it to fight and run away?" Barkley was excited, "This This is the first time someone dared to run away in the finals! Of course, the showtime during the Magic Johnson era does not count."

"..." Smith was at a loss for words. It seemed that he was not going well this time, and even Barkley couldn't win the quarrel, so he said what he said in reality.In the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, I predicted that the Spurs would easily win the Suns. Who knew that the Suns would sweep the Spurs cleanly.Next, I predicted that the Lakers would lose to the Suns. As a result, the Suns were swept this time, and the Lakers directly broke the playoff winning streak.Smith now wants to say that the Lakers' running and bombing was a mistake and they will definitely lose the game, but the previous events made him really dare not say too much to avoid being slapped in the face.

So Barkley sang a one-man show by himself.

That's right, the Lakers are preparing to play fast break tactics. The mobility and shooting ability of this lineup are rare in the league.

Kwame passes the ball to Bryant, and then sprints upfield.Bryant also quickly advanced to the front court, and immediately passed the ball to Kwame who cut.

Tianzun and Da Ben immediately came up to double-team, Kwame hit the ball to Humphries, Humphries felt that happiness came too suddenly, the first goal in the finals?After he reacted, he was about to layup, but Prince had already defended. Fortunately, Humphries' height had the advantage over Prince. Although Prince's long hands hindered his offensive line, he saw Miller in the bottom corner, Hamilton went to defend Odom, who was dropped by Prince, and Miller was unguarded!Humphries decisively made a decision and chose to pass the ball, "It's good to have an assist if you don't score!"

Miller lived up to Humphries' expectations, and hit a three-pointer steadily.

Miller's contribution is not only a stable shooting rate from outside the three-point line, but also a hard work on the defensive end. Miller thinks that this may be his last season. If he wants to renew his contract next year, the Lakers will definitely send a good one. The contract was renewed, but he didn't want to be a pure thigh hugger, so this season is his last season, so Miller worked hard!Sticking to Hamilton's defense, he followed Hamilton wherever he ran.

"Huh? Why is Miller working so hard today? Damn he ignored this." Kufus frowned. He thought that the Lakers had no one who could keep up with Hamilton. As the team's scoring leader, this time The tactics were all arranged for Hamilton. Kufus originally asked Tianzun to support him in the high position. Billups and Prince opened up space in the bottom corner. If the defense is passed to Da Ben, Da Ben can still score this kind of open dunk.However, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the opponent's defensive player can't run against Hamilton, so that Hamilton can disrupt the opponent's defense, but Miller turned out to destroy their plan. Miller is the real one who runs to kill the opponent and shoots. No.1, he relies on this hand to make a living. Although he is 40 years old, he is still able to contribute [-] points per game after Artest's suspension, relying on his god-level running position.That's not enough for Hamilton.Hamilton didn't get a good shot and had to give the ball to Billups in the end.

Kufus is such a headache. The Pistons lineup really can't play any tricks. In the starting lineup, only Billups has the ability to attack independently. The second best ability to attack independently is Rasheed Wallace. Fu Sikong is full of strategies, but a clever woman can't cook without rice, so she can only make do with it.

On the contrary, the offense of the Lakers played very smoothly. After all, they are players with excellent offensive ability. Proud of his strength, he easily entered the inside line.Kobe’s attractiveness is much stronger than Kwame’s. Billups, Double Wallace and Hamilton who defended Miller in the corner immediately surrounded them. Choose to force the shot, of course, the result is to continue to hit the iron.This has become the defensive habit of the Pistons. As long as Kobe breaks through, he can defend as many people as he can.

"Take me as a fool!" Kobe is no longer just angry like last year. This year he has nothing to gamble with. The position of scoring champion and team leader is quite stable. Only sharing the ball can reflect his identity. Kobe is like It was the same as when the Sharks first cooperated. He picked up the ball with his right hand and pointed to the sky with his left hand. After attracting double-teams from the crowd, he threw the ball into the air. Kwame understood and scored two points with a shark-style hanging frame.In just [-] seconds, the Lakers completed another attack.

This is the epitome of the second quarter. The Lakers played relaxed and happy, while the Pistons played extremely hard.The Lakers had a [-]-[-] lead of [-] points at halftime.

"Larry, let Antonio play! Prince can play power forward, Delfino can play small forward, add Chauncey and Richard, this lineup is fast enough, since we can't defend we can play with Opponents play against each other," Kufus said to Larry Brown.

"Counter attack? We're a defensive team!" Larry Brown hated offensive basketball the most. All he had in his mind was defensive basketball, so he directly rejected Kufus's suggestion.

Kufus could only shake his head, "Looks like today's defeat is inevitable, can't Larry see it? His defensive system can't stop the opponent at all, no matter how good your defense is, the opponent can score the ball there What can you do? In order to maintain this useless defense and give up the offensive end, I really don’t know what’s the use.” Obviously, the concepts of the new generation of coaches and the old generation of coaches are different. A generation of coaches in that era rarely had players like Odom and James who were so versatile that they could appear to be misplaced in any position. Their tactical thinking is still so old and they are destined to be eliminated by the times.On the contrary, the new-generation coaches like Popovich and D'Antoni have seen clearly that the players are getting stronger and stronger, and the rules of the league are more offensive, and they have made great changes. After the triangle offense won the three consecutive championships, it has become clear that it is very difficult to win the championship solely by defense. Gorgeous offensive cooperation to win the championship.

The reason why Popovich is known as the best coach in the league is because he is good at making changes with the times. In the [-] Finals, the Spurs played against each other for the first time.The Spurs have already begun to change to offensive basketball when David Robinson showed signs of retirement, but it has not been fully completed. Otherwise, the Spurs with both offense and defense will face the Suns. Even if they rely on hard power, it is really uncertain who will win. .

It was a miracle that the Pistons won the championship last year by relying on defense. This kind of situation is impossible. In [-], Larry Brown reached the finals for the first time not by Mutombo, but by their scoring champion. Iverson!
But Larry Brown still sent the Five Tigers to the field, and the Lakers were all substitutes except Kobe.Odom plays point guard, and his responsibilities are to dribble across the half court, Kobe is positioned, Miller is a small forward, Humphries is a power forward, and Mihm is a center.

Larry Brown soon paid the price for his decision. When the Tigers were on the court, the slow offense and defense formed a stark contrast to the Lakers. After the third quarter, the Lakers entered the regular Kobe time. Foul, the Lakers' offense during this whole quarter is just two words, Kobe!With the exception of Humphries who had no shooting ability to resist Big Ben inside, the other three all opened up space outside the three-point line.The ball has always been in Kobe's hands. There is only one reason. Kobe's hands are hot. The Lakers made [-] of [-] shots in this quarter. Among them, Kobe made [-] of [-] and scored [-] points in a single quarter. The remaining three goals were all scored by Kobe. The last pass was still up to the mark, with three of five three-pointers. The Lakers once again ignored the Pistons' defense and slapped Larry Brown, who is known as the number one defender, in the face with [-] points in a single quarter.

Not only is the defense ineffective for the Pistons, but the offense has been unable to open due to the single tactics on the offensive end. Usually, they are fine. Their own lack of points can make their opponents score fewer points. It is nothing to score only [-] points in a single quarter. Problem, but in the third quarter of chasing points, the Pistons lost another [-] points in a single quarter, [-] to [-], and the Lakers have already led by [-] points.This point difference, who didn't know it, thought it was the Heat playing the Bobcats.

The game entered garbage time, the Lakers all came off the bench, Parker finally got a chance to play, Finley stayed on the court to hold the lineup, Ariza, Powell, and Thomas all played.The Pistons still played all their main players in the fourth quarter, and they couldn't lose so badly. The Tigers launched a final counterattack, but the [-]-point difference made their counterattack look so weak. [-] to [-], the Lakers finally beat the Pistons.

Kwame only played [-] minutes, [-] of [-], [-] of [-] free throws and scored [-] points, [-] rebounds, [-] blocks, [-] assists and [-] fouls.

Kobe also showed off in the third quarter and scored [-] points, [-] assists and [-] rebounds.Kidd had [-] points and [-] assists, and the Lakers' [-] assists led the team to beat their opponents.

The highest score on the Pistons side was Hamilton who scored [-] points, but almost all of them were scored in garbage time in the fourth quarter.

"The Lakers beat the Pistons, the time for revenge is coming? "The headline on the nba official website reported: "If you just look at the score, [-] to [-], the Lakers won by [-] points at home? Then look at the Lakers' total of [-] free throws, and you will say: Oh, it turned out that the referees won the game. But if you watch the game, you will understand that the Pistons have no ability to fight back in front of the Lakers. The Pistons did not play the defense they are proud of, but instead make themselves intimidated because they are too focused on defense. This game proved Tomjanovich is better than Larry Brown! Maybe Jordan is right. This year's Lakers are the strongest Lakers in the history of the playoffs. They have won [-] consecutive playoffs. They will play an unprecedented game Winning the playoffs? I don't know, but I believe they can continue the winning streak."

(End of this chapter)